Li Xiao knew that the Hebrew plutocrats had already started to take action. It was ridiculous for him to think that before that, everything would be fine if the foreigners were expelled.

But I didn’t expect that it would be difficult to guard against house thieves even during the day and at night.

Two days ago, they said that the Thousand Miles of Dike was destroyed by ant nests, but I didn't expect that many ants actually gave birth to this dam in the Ming Dynasty.

Now Li Xiao understands why the Chairman of the Generalissimo proposed that in order to fight against foreign aggression, domestic peace must be settled first.

"Commander, to be honest, the people are already dissatisfied with today's officials.

In most places, officials feel that they are higher than the people. Some petty officials also follow suit and bully the people wantonly.

Some officials secretly colluded with local powerful people. Officials and businessmen colluded to steal money from the court.

During the Yangtze River floods last year, a section of the river embankment was washed away in the Jiujiang section. Can you guess what’s inside?”

Lu Zhu hesitated for a moment, but still spoke to Li Xiao.

"What?" Although he had the answer in his mind, Li Xiao still didn't want to believe that Ming officials were so evil-minded.

"It's bamboo! They used bamboo instead of steel bars and made an unknown amount of money out of it.

Xu Qiyao of Jinling River, who was investigated last year, had hundreds of lovers. Even the female nurses from Jinling Hospital, mother and daughter, served him together.

That Xu Qiyao even openly teased his subordinates at the banquet, saying that his salary basically didn't change and his wife basically didn't.

Subordinate officials said that Mr. Hedao revolved around his superiors in the morning, around the plates at noon, around mahjong in the afternoon, and around skirts at night.

As for enriching his own pockets, he got an astonishing amount of more than two million Ming Dynasty silver coins.

It seems that there are not many big and small officials like this.

Before many of our officials promote their subordinates, they first look at whether the subordinates are loyal to them, not their talents!

This is true from the imperial court to local prefectures and counties." When Lu Zhu said the last sentence, her voice became much softer.

"Moth!" Li Xiao knew what Lu Zhu meant.

When it comes to nepotism, Zhang Huangyan takes the lead.

Several of his sons are now the last to live in Futai. It seems that in places like Shandong, almost all the officials are related to Zhang Huangyan.

Someone once said that in Shandong in the imperial court, there were officials from the Zhang family. What they were talking about was the current situation of officialdom in Shandong!

The Ming Dynasty's national power has been booming in recent years, but the corruption below is also shocking. The officials who have emerged are like leeks.

One batch after another was cut, and even Li Xiao felt that he couldn't cut anymore.

When capitation could no longer curb the officials' greed, Li Xiao had to find another way.

But what is the solution? I have no clue!

This is a huge and complex empire composed of 330 million people. If the imperial court wants to govern the world, it has to use officials.

But what about the officials?

The imperial system for thousands of years has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The whole world is not the land of the king, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers.

In other words, the world belongs to the emperor, and all the officials in the world are wage earners working for the emperor.

When a wage earner works for the boss, he is naturally a monk for a day and works hard for a day. Even if he has some ambition, he is just trying to compete for the position of chief assistant of the highest-level wage earner.

No one feels that they are doing things for the people, and no one feels that the world belongs to them. The spirit of ownership has no market at all in this era.

For thousands of years, countless smart people have not been able to solve the problem, and Li Xiao...can't solve it either.

There is no way, even in future generations the situation will be similar to now.

Although Li Xiao did not proclaim himself emperor, everyone now believes that Li Xiao is just an emperor with a different name.

He has been in power for more than ten years, and people no longer care whether the Zhu family or the Li family will be the emperor.

Anyway, it would be good if there was no emperor in the world. At least everyone would have enough food and clothing, and the children could go to school.

Everything is going to be a good year that has not been seen for generations. Just live a good life. Who the hell is the emperor?

Over the years, many people have been secretly waiting for Li Xiao to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. But they were all rejected by Li Xiao!

He had never thought about becoming an emperor, nor was he prepared to be one. The most important thing was the heavy burden of the world, the whole nation, and his family. Li Xiao felt that it was unbearable and the pressure was too great.

Luzhu didn't know when he left. It wasn't until Shunzi came in to deliver dinner to Li Xiao that Li Xiao realized that he had been wandering around all afternoon.

When did thinking reach this level? Li Xiao himself was surprised.

"Commander, my wife said that the little granddaughter of Zhang Shoufu's family will come over tonight for you to take a look at. The young master is also fifteen years old this year and has reached the age of engagement.

…!”

"Commander...! Madam said, the little granddaughter of the Zhang family is here, please come and have a look." Li Xiao was eating, and a little maid timidly walked up to Li Xiao and gave her a gift.

The little maid has beautiful features and looks only fifteen or sixteen years old, but she is already capable of causing harm to the country and the people.

Li Xiao is already in a state of immunity to the beautiful women who suddenly appear around him.

Ever since she passed her thirtieth birthday, Tokugawa Chihime felt that she was old. So all kinds of beauties began to appear around Li Xiao.

The one in front of me is pretty normal. A few days ago, a blond and blue-eyed girl appeared. It was said that she was some kind of Russian princess.

"Didn't you see me eating?" Li Xiao said while eating rice.

The little maid was so frightened that her legs weakened and she knelt on the ground. Her face was so pale that she couldn't even kowtow.

It seemed that his reputation outside had frightened the little maid who saw her for the first time.

Shunzi picked up the little maid and the two guards immediately dragged her out.

"Don't make things difficult for her! Go and tell Madam that I have something to do and I can't leave. The Zhang family's granddaughter is not suitable!" Li Xiao said coldly, and Shunzi hurried to the backyard to report the news.

Li Xiao knew what Zhang Huangyan had in mind. If he saw that Li Xiao only had such a son, he would definitely be the one who would inherit Li Xiao's family business in the future.

Marry your granddaughter in advance and make plans for the future.

Li Xiao was a little helpless. Regardless of his age and body, he was more capable than Zhang Huangyan. What qualifications did this guy have to plan for the future of his family?

Aren't you afraid that your own tricks will ruin the Zhang family?

Besides, others don’t know Li Lin’s background, but he, Zhang Huangyan, should know. He is a close relative!

It's okay to lie to ghosts about such nonsense as kissing each other, but lying to me! There's no way!

Li Xiao didn't speak, and neither did anyone else. The office was quiet!

Everyone knows that the commander is in a bad mood today.

The meals Li Xiao ate were a bit simple. A plate of pork belly, a plate of elbow scallops in sauce, a plate of cucumber mixed with jelly, a stewed crucian carp, and a soup of seaweed and egg drop soup.

Four dishes and one soup, this is the rule set by Li Xiao.

Over the years, he basically followed this rule strictly. In the morning, he had four plates of pickles, sometimes it was small steamed buns, sometimes it was small steamed buns, and sometimes it was small steamed buns.

Even if I want to drink with Mr. Ao and the others, I just need peanuts or some small seafood.

But what can I do if I do this? At this moment, I don’t know how many officials are drinking and drinking.

Not only were they served with mellow wine, but they were also accompanied by beauties. Their enjoyment made even the handsome Li Xiao envious.

I have four dishes and one soup here, and those bastards are living happily.

The more Li Xiao thought about it, the angrier he became, and he hit the table with his chopsticks.

The people around were trembling with fear, and the two timid servants were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.

"Let's go! Let's go to Shunfeng Seafood." Li Xiao snorted coldly, stood up and walked out.

The guards hurried to follow, not riding in the carriage, but directly riding the war horse. Li Xiao had not ridden much in some years, Li Xiao shook the reins, and the war horse galloped towards the east city of the capital.

SF Seafood is a luxury restaurant that recently opened in Beijing. I heard that this place is not intended for ordinary people.

The capital is more than 200 miles away from the nearest Tianjin Wei. Before the advent of airships and trains, people in the capital had to go to Tianjin Wei if they wanted to eat seafood.

Now it's better, there are airships and trains. The seafood produced in Tianjin can be delivered to the capital alive.

Since the advent of the new diesel engine, the flying speed of airships has greatly increased. It is said that seafood from Zhoushan has been sent to the capital.

Li Xiao feels that he may be able to eat Australian lobsters in the near future. Because the development of aircraft has made breakthrough progress, the engine can fly continuously for more than ten hours without failure.

The war horses galloped down the street, startling pedestrians and fleeing in all directions.

A policeman patrolling the street was about to yell and curse when the old policeman next to him covered his mouth.

"You're crazy! Who can be the one who can gallop around the capital city? I don't want to live anymore!"

"But this... is too arrogant!"

"I have the arrogance to do it, so hide away!" The two of them didn't say a word, and a large group of cavalry flew past behind them.

"Did you see, the first ones were two majors. The worst ones left were second lieutenants! You just cursed out loud, but now your head may have moved."

"Thank you, brother!" The young officer was a little scared.

"From now on, when you are messing around on the ground, you need to be brighter with your tactics. You have to treat me to a midnight snack tonight!"

"Why!"

"I saved your life, why don't you treat me to a drink?"
To be continued...